Chapter 399: Even If You Don't Understand Romance, I Still Want to Give You a Surprise

That guy wouldn't say, keeping me in suspense: "You'll know when we get there, it's a secret for now."

Today is New Year's Day; early in the morning, Sheng Hanyu came over and told Fang Jie to take the day off, go home for the holiday, and come back in a couple of days.

Breakfast was made by Sheng Hanyu. After it was ready, he and the child ate first, leaving a portion for Shi Youxuan to keep warm in the pot; it was already set on the dining table after she finished washing up.

Emerald green lotus leaf porridge, lamb siu mai, blanched shrimp, fried eggs, bacon, and scallion oil bean curd sheets.

It was slightly meatier than usual. Shi Youxuan didn't usually eat such greasy food, but today she broke her habit and ate quite a lot.

"Daddy is so amazing, you guessed right!" Shi Ran gave Sheng Hanyu a thumbs up.

Then the father and daughter high-fived.

"What are you two talking about?" Shi Youxuan asked.

Her daughter told her: "When Daddy was making breakfast, he said Mommy had a dream last night and did a lot of work, so breakfast needed to have more calories to help restore her energy!"

Shi Youxuan:...

She kept a smile on her face, turned to Sheng Hanyu, and said softly: "Is that so? When I wasn't around, you were talking nonsense to the child, hmm?"

Although she was smiling, she stepped hard on Sheng Hanyu's foot, and stepped down with force!

"I was wrong, I won't dare do it again, this is the last time, I promise it's the last time."

Whether it was the last time or not, I don't know, but his attitude was quite good.

Plus, her daughter was staring with a pair of curious, wide eyes at her parents, wanting to continue asking and get to the bottom of it at any moment.

So Shi Youxuan let it go.

After the meal, the family of three was finally ready to head out; Shi Youxuan had almost wrapped her daughter up like a rice dumpling.

Thick down jacket, scarf, hat, snow boots—once dressed, only two eyes were visible!

"Mommy, I can't breathe." Shi Ran wanted to take the scarf off.

"It's cold outside, you should wear more, don't catch a cold." Shi Youxuan was worried, so she wrapped the scarf back around the child, even tighter than before.

Shi Ran grew up in L Country, which is a tropical nation where it is like spring all year round; this was her first time experiencing a Jiangzhou winter, and she was afraid the child wouldn't be able to handle it.

However, Shi Youxuan overlooked one problem—where they were going!

As she wrapped the scarf around the child, the child protested while trying to take off her hat: "Mommy, you can't treat me like this; before I freeze to death, I will definitely be suffocated to death."

"You brat."

Shi Youxuan patted her daughter, not very hard.

"It's the New Year, you aren't allowed to say unlucky things. What death this, death that? You aren't allowed to say it."

"You're allowed to do it but I'm not allowed to say it?" The little one was unconvinced, sticking her tongue out and making a face at her, but she still refused to be bundled up so tightly.

If she let the mother and daughter keep bickering like this, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get out the front door for another half hour!

Sheng Hanyu reminded them: "We'll get in the car as soon as we leave, and we'll be there once we get out of the car. We won't be staying outside for long, there's no need to wrap Ranran up like a nesting doll."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Shi Youxuan finally gave up, and the three of them went out.

Sheng Hanyu drove. Along the way, the mother and daughter took turns asking him where they were going, but he wouldn't say, keeping it strictly confidential.

Finally, they arrived at their destination—a wedding photography studio!

"Let's get out."

Sheng Hanyu got out first and opened the car door for the mother and daughter.

"Wow—"

The little one was a bit excited: "Taking wedding photos, that's great, I'll be your flower girl."

Shi Youxuan:...

Is this child addicted to being a flower girl?

I've never heard of needing a flower girl for a wedding photoshoot.

But that wasn't important; what was important was that Shi Ran was very happy.

The little girl was like a fluttering butterfly, running inside ahead of the two of them!

To welcome them, the studio had specially closed for half a day, not receiving other guests and serving only them.

The manager led the entire staff to stand at the entrance, respectfully opening the big doors for Shi Ran, then waiting for Shi Youxuan and Sheng Hanyu to enter before following them in one after another.

Across from the studio was a small dry cleaner's.

"Mommy, was the person who went in just now Shi Ran, and the people behind her her mommy and daddy?" Fang Mingxing pressed against the window glass, looking enviously at the studio across the street.

Although they had gone inside and he couldn't see them anymore, he still didn't take his eyes off.

He was very envious.

It wasn't just him who was envious; Wang Cuihua was also very envious.

This dry cleaner's was opened by Wang Cuihua, and her usual business mainly relied on taking jobs from the wedding shop.

When she had nothing to do, she liked to sit by the window and watch the wedding shop across the street.

Most of the people who could go there to take wedding photos were very rich, because the fees were not cheap; people without money wouldn't spend hundreds of thousands, or even millions, to take a set of wedding photos!

And that didn't even include the cost of the wedding dresses.

Wang Cuihua's biggest dream was to be able to take wedding photos across the street and get married!

It was just that she hadn't expected her own wish to remain unfulfilled, while her enemy's had come true.

That's right, although Wang Cuihua had appeared to give in on the surface, she hated Shi Youxuan to the bone, she just didn't dare to take revenge on her anymore.

"Mom, you still haven't answered my question?" The big door across the street had long since closed, but Fang Mingxing was still watching.

"Ah? What did you ask?" Wang Cuihua came back to her senses.

So Fang Mingxing repeated the question from just now: "The people walking behind Shi Ran are her mom and dad, right?"

"No."

Jealousy made Wang Cuihua talk nonsense: "That woman is Shi Ran's mom, but the man isn't her dad; he's a rich sugar daddy her mom latched onto."

Wang Cuihua's own dream was to latch onto a rich sugar daddy, so she assumed everyone else was just like her.

Her son nodded, seemingly understanding yet not quite.

Inside the photo studio.

The manager led the family of three to the VIP area to sit down and had the servers bring tea, coffee, and freshly squeezed juice.

The main reason for coming today was to look at wedding dresses, not to take photos.

High-end photo studios have a set of strict rules; before taking photos, one must undergo beauty treatments and maintenance for at least a week before they can be photographed.

After resting a while, the manager invited Shi Youxuan to try on wedding dresses; once satisfied with the sample, various adjustments would be made to the details before the tailor could begin sewing.

The wedding dresses here were all hand-sewn by masters.

She picked out a short wedding dress that reached her knees, changed into it in the fitting room, and came out to stand in front of Sheng Hanyu, who shook his head.

Shi Youxuan had a slender figure, and this style did not suit her.

Afterwards, she changed into a puffy tulle style with princess sleeves; this time, after changing and coming out, she rejected it herself before Sheng Hanyu could even object.

This style could fulfill a childhood fantasy, but as a wedding dress for a wedding, it lacked a touch of solemnity!

She tried on two more in succession but was unsatisfied, and Shi Youxuan felt like giving up!

"Forget it, your shop doesn't have a style I like."

The manager hurriedly said: "We do, we do, don't be anxious, Madam. I will go fetch our Town Treasure; I will go request it personally, please wait a moment."

Shi Youxuan:...

It was her first time hearing of such a thing; it was just a wedding dress, yet there was such a thing as a "Town Treasure."

But since the manager had already said so, she would wait and see; she had nothing else to do anyway.

Very quickly, she came over holding a large, exquisite box in both hands.

The other wedding dresses were all hung up, but only this one was kept in a box!

Moreover, everyone in the shop, from the manager to the staff, looked solemn and cautious.

It was as if what she held in her hands was not a wedding dress, but something very sacred.

Shi Youxuan hadn't paid much attention at first, but when the box was opened and four staff members carefully unfolded the wedding dress—Shi Youxuan's eyes lit up, and she was deeply stunned by this wedding dress!

"Beautiful, it's too beautiful!"